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Ronaldinho is sad and angry, but smiling and eating well as
he remains locked up in a Paraguayan prison over accusations of using a fake
passport.

Ronaldinho ‘Sad and Angry but Smiling’ as He’s Detained In a Paraguayan Prison

The Brazilian football legend has been detained since 5
March after he and his brother were found with fake documents in their hotel,
which claimed they had Paraguayan nationality.

The former Barcelona player’s lawyer claims he was given the
passports as a novelty present by local sponsors and accidentally presented
them instead of his Brazilian documents.

The investigation is ongoing, but a request to be detained
under house arrest has been denied, with judge Clara Ruiz declaring Ronaldinho
and brother Roberto de Assis Moreira as a flight risk.

It is unknown how much longer the 39-year-old will remain in
prison, but his friend, Fernando Lugo, reports it is not too bad for him in
there.

While the World Cup winner is angry about the situation, he
is sharing a cell with his brother and he is mingling with other inmates and
eating well.

‘He is a little sad but always smiling. I think he is
angry,’ said Fernando Lugo to Paraguayan newspaper Extra, via the Sun.

‘He told me, “how are they going to do this to me in your
country? I am never coming back to Paraguay.”’

‘He is not in need of anything, he is well-attended. He eats
asado every day, he likes it.

‘It is not like he is shut in his room all day, he speaks
with the guys sitting outside.

‘What is happening to him is unfair. Why would he do those
things? He is not in need.’

Paraguay’s Interior Minister, Euclides Acevedo, had claimed
that the facility where Ronaldinho is being held ‘is not a prison’ and
suggested the building was ‘almost a hotel’.

Ronaldinho had been allowed to enjoy himself on the football
pitch, playing in a prison football match last Friday, and unsurprisingly
making his fellow inmates look a bit silly.

Ronaldinho had reportedly struggled when he first arrived at
the Paraguayan jail, but prison warden Blas Vera says his mood has improved,
telling Reuters: ‘In broad terms he is doing very well.

‘I see he is in good spirits, just like you see him on
television, always smiling.

‘Since yesterday he looks very well, he talks to his other
inmates, he goes out to the patio.’

Source: Metro UK

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